Exactly. I was the epitomy of the 360 user. I still had my original launch 360, wirelss controllers, wirteless headsets, HALO3 Zune, original Xbox, games and peripherals up the yang along with Vista, another version of HALO2 on that platform along with Shadowrun as well as 4 more 360 games prepaid including HALO3 Legendary. MS said, "We have noticed a higher than normal failure rate among launch consoles so any 360 purchased before January 1 2006 will be repaired free." Do you think they kept that promise? Nope. They told me "Pay $139 for a refurbished console that will break in a week." No thanks. I traded everything in on a PS3 and a PSP. Now I am a happy gamer. Screwing your most loyal customers is not the way to keep gmaers.
Now people like Holmdahl and even Peter Moore himself are refusing to say anything. MS is the new Sony and not in a good way. Moore actually stated, "Failures are a moving target. What actually matters to the customer is the way he is treated." Damn right.
MS had better be careful. They really don't have anything huge on the horizon after this fall. 1 Year is the period where devs start to get comfortable with a console's tools and the PS3 has better long distance legs in it. I have seen the PS3 version of GRAW 2 and it's graphics are easily superior to the 360 version. Such seemingly inconsequential signs should be harbingers of things to come. I wouldn't bet on Microsoft's plan on the Xbox division becoming profitable next year. If Sony drops the PS3 price at E3 it will be dark days ahead for Redmond.
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Hatchetforce @ Jul 5th 2007 7:33AM
Exactly. I was the epitomy of the 360 user. I still had my original launch 360, wirelss controllers, wirteless headsets, HALO3 Zune, original Xbox, games and peripherals up the yang along with Vista, another version of HALO2 on that platform along with Shadowrun as well as 4 more 360 games prepaid including HALO3 Legendary. MS said, "We have noticed a higher than normal failure rate among launch consoles so any 360 purchased before January 1 2006 will be repaired free." Do you think they kept that promise? Nope. They told me "Pay $139 for a refurbished console that will break in a week." No thanks. I traded everything in on a PS3 and a PSP. Now I am a happy gamer. Screwing your most loyal customers is not the way to keep gmaers.
Now people like Holmdahl and even Peter Moore himself are refusing to say anything. MS is the new Sony and not in a good way. Moore actually stated, "Failures are a moving target. What actually matters to the customer is the way he is treated." Damn right.
MS had better be careful. They really don't have anything huge on the horizon after this fall. 1 Year is the period where devs start to get comfortable with a console's tools and the PS3 has better long distance legs in it. I have seen the PS3 version of GRAW 2 and it's graphics are easily superior to the 360 version. Such seemingly inconsequential signs should be harbingers of things to come. I wouldn't bet on Microsoft's plan on the Xbox division becoming profitable next year. If Sony drops the PS3 price at E3 it will be dark days ahead for Redmond.